GEMMS IDGEMMS-PERSON-003948
NameSamuel Ward
TitleDr.
Gendermale
Denomination
Livedb. ca. 1572-01-13 - d. 1643-09-07 (old)
Linked Manuscripts
Linked Sermons
Linked ReportsLetter from Edward Kellett to Samuel Ward -- recipient of letterLetter from Robert Jenison to Samuel Ward -- recipient of letterSermon on Philippians 2:12-13[?] -- author of letterSermon on Philippians 2:12-13[?] -- preacherSermon on unidentified text -- recipient of letterSermon on unidentified text -- recipient of letterSermon on unidentified text -- recipient of letterSermon on unidentified text -- recipient of letterSermon on unidentified text -- recipient of letterSeveral sermons -- recipient of letter
Associated PlacesTaunton -- DeaneryGreat Munden -- ParishTerrington -- ParishSidney Sussex College -- Place of BusinessChrist's College -- Place of StudyEmmanuel College -- Place of StudyLincoln's Inn -- Place of StudyWells Cathedral -- PostYork Minster -- Post
Source of DataAO (Foster); ODNB (Article: 28705); M. M. Knappen, Two Elizabethan Puritan Diaries (Chicago, 1933); Hannah Yip.
Biographical Sources ConsultedAO (Foster); ODNB (Article: 28705); M. M. Knappen, Two Elizabethan Puritan Diaries (Chicago, 1933)
Other NoteThe exact date of birth of Samuel Ward is not known. He was the son of John Ward of Bishop Middleham, County Durham, where he was baptised on 13 January 1572. In March 1589, Samuel Ward matriculated pensioner at Christ's College, Cambridge. He graduated B.A. in 1593 and proceeded M.A. in 1596. He was awarded the degrees of B.D. (1603) and D.D. (1610) from Emmanuel College and Sidney Sussex College, respectively. From 1610, he was master of Sidney Sussex College. He became archdeacon of Taunton and a prebendary of Wells Cathedral in 1615. A year later, he was admitted at Lincoln's Inn. Ward was instituted to the rectory of Great Munden, Hertfordshire, in 1616. Other ecclesiastical appointments included the living of Terrington, Norfolk, bestowed in 1638. Ward died on 7 September 1643, and was buried in Sidney Sussex College chapel.
Attached URLs:
| URL | Notes |
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| cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-WARD-B/5 | Notebook of Samuel Ward, Sidney Sussex Colege, MS Ward B. |
GEMMS record createdOctober 13, 2022
GEMMS record last editedOctober 13, 2022